democrat maryland congresswoman donna edwards joins us from washington d.c. she was the first elected in 2008, she has a fresh perspective. thank you so much for joining us inside "the war room." >> thank you governor, it's great to be with you. >> jennifer: all right, let me get to the hot topic first off. what are your house colleagues saying about the status of negotiations? >> well, i think number one as you could hear from leader pelosi, i think that our leader is fully and fairly representing the prevailing viewpoint among house democrats and that is that this, in in is in some ways more simple than not. on november 6th the american people spoke loudly with the president about continuing the tax cuts for income earners under $250,000. and then allowing the rest of them to expire and then making sure that we have what is in effect about a trillion dollars that could be put to definite reduction, could be put to spending that's necessary to get the economy fully going. and you know, in our view, you know, in our leader has said this the election was very